it has been a bit of a trying week for the obama care rollout. a small number of americans buying insurance in the private marketplace before the law went into effect received cancellation notices. republicans also jumped on a broken promise from the white house that that wouldn't happen. last night the president opened up to our very own chuck todd. >> even though it's a small percentage of folks who may be disadvantaged, it means a lot to them and scary to them. i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we are proud of the consumer protections we put into place. on the other hand we want to make sure that nobody is put in a position where their plans have been canceled. >> joining us now with his views on the president's mea culpa, is tom davis, a republican from the beloved -- my beloved commonwealth of virginia. he has also been known i think it's fair to say, congressman as a moderate voice in the gop. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> i wanted to ask you right